Estate Driveway Gates in Lafayette.

The double swing is our estate driveway statement piece — two leaves meeting at the centerline, sized for openings 12 to 20 feet. We build it in three design languages: mid-century modern with clean horizontal lines and minimal ironwork; Craftsman with heavier timber and exposed joinery; and traditional estate with custom arches and, on the right property, an arbor built above the opening.

In Lafayette, lafayette properties tend toward narrow, wooded, and often shared drives — where a poorly proportioned gate becomes a daily inconvenience. Steep grades, seasonal creeks, and dense oak canopy shape every install. We bench and drain before we set a post. Manual or motor-automated is a decision made per site — long drives almost always warrant automation, shorter formal approaches sometimes read better manual.

Frames are mortise-and-tenon joinery in Sapele mahogany over redwood, hung on hardware sized to the loaded leaf. We build regularly in Happy Valley, Burton Valley, Trail's End, Reliez Valley, and Springhill.